Charles E. Nash

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Charles Edmund Nash

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th district
In office March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877
Preceded by	George A. Sheridan
Succeeded by	Edward White Robertson
Personal details
Born	May 23, 1844 Opelousas, Louisiana
Died	June 21, 1913 New Orleans, Louisiana
Political party	Republican

Charles Edmund Nash (May 23, 1844 – June 21, 1913) served a single two-year term in the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana.

Nash was born in Opelousas, the seat of St. Landry Parish) in south Louisiana. He attended the common schools and was a bricklayer by trade. During the American Civil War, he enlisted in 1863 as a private in the Eighty-second Regiment, United States Volunteers, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant major. In 1865, he was appointed night inspector of customs.

He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1877). He was unsuccessful as a candidate for reelection in 1876, as Redeemers regained control of Louisiana politics. He served briefly as postmaster at Washington in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana during the Chester A. Arthur administration, having served from only February 15 to May 1, 1882.

Nash died in New Orleans at the age of sixty-nine. He is interred there in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3.

References

Charles E. Nash at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by District Created	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th congressional district 1875–1877	Succeeded by Edward White Robertson

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana

1st district	Livingston, E. White Johnson White Slidell Sére St. Martin Dunbar Eustis Bouligny Sypher Lawrence Gibson Hunt St. Martin Wilkinson Meyer Estopinal O'Connor Fernández Hébert Tonry Livingston, R. Vitter Jindal Scalise

2nd district	Gurley Thomas Ripley Chinn Dawson la Branche Thibodeaux Conrad Bullard Landry, J. A. Hunt Taylor Mann Sheldon Ellis Hahn Wallace Lagan Coleman Lagan Davey Buck Davey Gilmore Dupré Spearing Maloney Boggs, T. H. Maloney Boggs, T. H. Boggs, L Jefferson Cao Richmond

3rd district	Brent Overton Bullard Garland Moore Dawson Harmanson Penn Perkins Davidson Newsham Darrall Acklen Darrall Kellogg Gay Price Broussard Martin Montet Mouton Domengeaux Willis Caffery Treen Tauzin Melancon Landry, J. M. Boustany

4th district	Bossier Morse Moore Jones Sandidge Landrum Vidal Newsham McCleery Boarman Smith Levy Elam Blanchard Ogden Breazeale Watkins Sandlin Brooks Waggonner Leach Roemer McCrery Fields McCrery Fleming

5th district	Blackburn Morey Spencer Leonard Young King Newton Boatner Baird Ransdell Elder Wilson Mills McKenzie Passman Huckaby McCrery Cooksey Alexander McAllister

6th district	Sheridan Nash Robertson, E. Lewis Irion Robertson, E. Robertson, S. Favrot Wickliffe Morgan Sanders, Sr. Favrot Kemp Sanders, Jr. Griffith Sanders, Jr. Morrison Rarick Moore Baker Cazayoux Cassidy

7th district	Pujo Lazaro De Rouen Plauche Larcade Thompson Edwards Breaux Hayes John Boustany

8th district	Aswell Overton Dear Allen Long, Doc McSween Long, G. Long, S. Long, G. Long, C. Holloway

At-large	Robertson Butler Johnston Sheridan

Territory	Clark Poydras

Persondata
Name	Nash, Charles Edmund
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	May 23, 1844
Place of birth	Opelousas, Louisiana
Date of death	June 21, 1913
Place of death	New Orleans, Louisiana

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